Friday broker round-up UPDATE

21st Feb 2014 10:11

Barratt Developments: JP Morgan raises target price from 360p to 420p, while downgrading to neutral.Bellway: JP Morgan takes target price from 1450p to 2000p and retains an overweight rating.Bodycote: UBS initiates with a target price of 800p and a buy recommendation.Bovis Homes Group: JP Morgan increases target price from 700p to 910p and upgrades to neutral.British American Tabacco: Citi reduces target price from 3800p to 3600p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Centaur Media: Westhouse Securities shifts target price from 64p to 77p and upgrades from neutral to add.DCC: JP Morgan raises target price from 2997p to 3121p and keeps an overweight rating.First Quantum Materials: Investec places its target price (prev.: 1291p) under review, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.Glencore Xstrata: JP Morgan downgrades to neutral with a target price of 350p.Halma: UBS initiates with a target price of 600p and a neutral rating.IMI: UBS starts with a target price of 1600p and neutral rating.InterContinental Hotels Group: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 1980p to 1810p and downgrades to underperform.Melrose Industries: UBS moves target price from 300p to 310p staying with its neutral rating.Morgan Advanced Materials: UBS initiates with a target price of 370p and a buy recommendation.New World Resources: JP Morgan cuts target price from 59p to 15p and maintains its underweight rating.Persimmon: JP Morgan increases target price from 1250p to 1550p reiterating an overweight rating.Playtech: Numis ups target price from 725p to 800p maintaining a hold recommendation. Credit Suisse reduces target price from 835p to 780p, while leaving its neutral rating unaltered.Primary Health Properties: Liberum Capital moves target price from 308p to 319p keeping a hold recommendation.Rathbone: Numis raises target price from 1556p to 1635p and leaves its hold recommendation unchanged.Redrow: JP Morgan ups target price from 260p to 350p and keeps a neutral rating.Rexam: Citi moves target price from 575p to 590p and retains a buy recommendation.Rio Tinto: Investec raises target price from 3684p to 3765p and stays with its buy recommendation.Rotork: UBS cuts target price from 2850p to 2700 reiterating a neutral rating.Signet Jewelers: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 5100p to 6300p maintaining a buy recommendation.Smiths Group: UBS reduces target price of 1450p to 1340p downgrading from neutral to sell.WH Smith (WH): Barclays shifts target price from 9.9p to 12.5p and retains an overweight rating.Spirax-Sarco Group: UBS initiates with a target price of 3250p and a buy recommendation.Taylor Wimpey: JP Morgan raises target price from 120p to 140p and stays with its overweight rating.Unilever: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 2450p to 2350p and keeps an underperform rating.Visuvius: UBS initiates with a target price of 440p and a sell recommendation.Vodafone Group: UBS ups target price from 260p to 275p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Xaar: UBS initiates with a target price of 1150p and a neutral rating.